Every course will have an overall framework, which is based on the needed knowledge, skills and attitudes to be addressed. Within this framework, there will be a set of learning objectives, which indicate what every learner should achieve by the end of the training course. However, these objectives are not enough by themselves to bring about learning – they only provide a guideline about what should be learned, not about how this learning will take place. There is a direct relationship between the objectives of a course on the one hand and on the other hand the content, the methods and the materials that are used to facilitate teaching and learning.
This is shown in the following example of a training course in mango tree grafting: